Clothes-hook



(No Model.) C. HILL.

CLOTHES HOOK. No. 434,417. Patented Aug. 12, .1890.

PATENT OFFICE.: l2

CHARLES HILL, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

CLOTH ES-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,417, dated August 12, 1890. f

Application tiled March 19, 1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knownf that I, CHARLES HILL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented an improved Olo'thesJ-Iook, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hooks upon which clothes are hung.

It consists, essentially, of a stationary hook and a movable one inverted over it, the movable hook being capable of vertical motion, and a locking de vice whereby the movable hook is secured, and a check or ticket which acts as a key to release the movable hook, and ot-her details of construction, which will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide a clothes-hook so arranged that clothes can be removed therefrom only by the holder of the check corresponding to the hook. I accomplish vthis object by means of lthe device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which y Figure 1 is a perspective View of my device, showing the hook closed. Fig. 2 is a side View in section, showing the hook open; Fig.

f 3,a longitudinalsection with the checkin position. Fig. 4 is a cross-section through x with check out. l Fig. 5 is a reversed perspective view of check-holder and lcheck in position. Fig.6 isadet-ail of check. Fig. 7 is a detail of spring-bolt. y

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A is a stationary hook, and a a guide-tube.

B is a movable hook; b, the notched or serrated shank of A; b', notches in b; h2, a raising-spring; C, a locking device; c, a grooved plate; c', a shank of the grooved plate; c2, the eccentrically-pivoted operating-handle; c3, a coiled spring for moving c; c, the notched spring-bolts; c5, a notch in springbolts. c6 is a spring for forcing out the key D; D, a check-key; E, the securing-lu gs, and F a check-slot. v

The construction ofmy device is as follows: The two hooks A and B project forward, the lower and stationary one A bending upward at the front end and the upper and movable hook bent downward to meet the lower hook. At the rearend of the stationary hook a Vertical tube is located, in

Serial No. 344,546. (No model) ywhich the shank of the'upper hook slides." About midway of this tube a locking device i's placed, suitably arranged to lock the hook in position when closed.` This locking def vice consists of the notched spring-controlled. bolts c4, which are placed at right angles" across the notched shank b and provided withnotches o5. y

The movable spring-controlledY plate cis" provided,'having a groove or recess in its. frontsurface. Aplate orcheckts thisgroove in the spring-controlled plate c. The springplate c is also provided with a shank, which extends outwardly through the side of the locking device, its end being provided with F an eccentrically-pivoted handle c2 for operat--- ing the spring-controlled plate c. At the end of the recess or groove in the plate c a spring is provided, opposing the key-check D. A coil-spring surrounds and sup ports theshank of the movable hook. The ends of the hooks where they come together are roughened or corrugated, as shown in Figs. l and 2.

The operation of my device is as follows:

When the device is not in use, the check-plate or key D is in the groove of the spring-controlled plate c, and by its interposition the plate c forces the spring-bolts c4 back till the notches or grooves are presented in the line of the notched shank, so that the notched shank is free to be raised, passing without obstruction through the notches in the springbolts. The coil-spring surrounding it, which is in compression when the hooks are together, raises the upper hook, in which position it is ready for use. A garment can now be hung on Vthe lower hook and the upper hook brought down till it engages with the lower hookand the device is nowready to be locked. This is accom plished by the followingoperation: The eccentric handle c2 is raised, and by its eccentric attachment draws the shank c and plate c outwardly in opposition to the coil-springs c3, and by making a quarter-turn with the handle the checkD in the grooved plate c is presented to the opening F, through which it is forced outwardly by the spring c6. The check-plate D can now be withdrawn entirely, and its absence permits ofthe spring-bolts moving forward and so engaging with the notches in the shank of the upper hook, thereby securing it in position. Itgcan readily be seen that this TOO operation before described is reversed. The

operating-handle is turned and raised, so that the groove is presented to the opening F. Into this opening and groove the check is now inserted and the handle returned and depressed. The spring c3 is now at liberty to force the plate c forward,'and by the interposition of the check-key forces back the springbolts till their notches are presented in a line with the notched shank, which is thereby released, as before described.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl l. 'lhecombination,inaclothes-supporting hook, of a hook provided with suitable means for securing it in a fixed position, a sliding bar proj ecting forward in a line with the hook, so that its outer end is adapted to engage the outer end of the hook and provided at its rear end with a notched shank, and a locking device consisting of the spring-controlled bolts c4, the movable plate c, and the check D, through the'u interposition 'of which the spring-bolts c4 are forced out o'f engagement with the notched shank by the movable plate c, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a clothes-supporting hook, ot' a hook provided with suitable means for securing the hook in a fixed position and having a guiding-tube a, at its rear end, a movable bar or hook projectingr forward in a line with and adapted to engage at its outer end with the outer end of the fixed hook, both outer ends Where they engage being supplied with ribbed or corrugated surfaces, the rear end of the movable bar or hook. having a notched shank loosely fitted into the guidingtube a and having a supporting or raising spring b2 and a locking device C, consisting of the spring-controlled bolts c3, adapted to engage with the notches in the movable shank, a movable grooved plate with its shank and eccentric operating-handle, and the loose plate D, through the interposition of which the spring-bolts are forced back out of engagement with the notched shank, substan tially as described.

CHARLES HILL. Witnesses:

G. W. UEFFINGER, M. E. GONZALEZ. 

